British Prime Minister Theresa May’s bid to push her Brexit plans through Parliament was dealt another blow on Friday when a survey showed that most of her own party’s members oppose the deal and would prefer to leave the European Union (EU) without a deal. Of 1,215 of the Conservative Party’s rank-and-file members questioned by the pollster, 59% opposed Ms. May’s deal and 76% said warnings over the risks of disruption in the event of a no-deal were “exaggerated or invented”. Just 38% of those polled by YouGov said they supported Ms. May’s deal. The parliamentary vote is now due to take place in the week of January 14 and if Ms. May’s bid to push her deal fails, the United Kingdom will either leave without a deal or have to delay Brexit. Also, the DUP, the Northern Irish party that props up Ms. May’s government, said on Friday that it would not support her Brexit deal.

Source: The Hindu January 04, 2019 16:23 UTC